
Science Division Undergraduate Poster Conference
Conference Date: Wednesday, October 17
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, October 1st by Midnight
Poster Submission Date: Tuesday, October 9th
Where: Noyes Hall (outside Wildman Library), 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Introduction:
The annual Natural Sciences Division Undergraduate Research Poster Conference showcases the research done by students of the Earlham College Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, Geology, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Physics and Astronomy programs over the last year. This is your opportunity to show off your work to your fellow students, faculty and members of the wider community; to see what your fellow students are doing; to discuss your work with others and to discuss their work with them. The conference will be held in Noyes Hall on Wednesday, October 17th. Posters will remain up the following week allowing those who missed the conference to explore the range of research that we undertake.
Abstracts will be gathered into bound proceedings which will be distributed at the conference and, typically, will be distributed by the College for promotional purposes. Copyrights are maintained by the author(s).
Call for Papers:
Submissions should be in the form of a (plain text) abstract no more than a half page in length. (The limit is purposely left vague.) Abstracts must be submitted on-line via the form at
http://www.cs.earlham.edu/cgi-bin/URPC/urpcAbstractForm.cgi
The form provides spaces for entering title, author(s) and organization, as well as a block in which you can either type or paste in the body of the abstract. One of the authors must be designated as the communicating author. A confirmation of the submission and any other notices concerning the conference will be sent to the communicating author via e-mail. There is also space to enter the faculty supervisor, if you wish. The body of the abstract should not include the title, the author(s), the organization or the faculty supervisor.
The text entered in the form will be automatically processed to produce LaTeX source for the conference proceedings. It is important to follow the format of the form in order for this to work properly. If you need to insert formulae or other complex objects into the text contact Emily Pavlovic or Son Van for assistance.
NOTE:
You do not need to know anything about LaTex to
submit your abstract. The abstract and all other information
should be submitted as plain text.
If you are using Microsoft Word, just Save as
with the Save as type
set to Plain text
The file will be saved with the extension .txt
,
leaving your original .doc
file unchanged. You can
open this with Notepad
and cut and paste from there
into the form.
Sandbox:
If you would like to test the abstract system without officially submitting the abstract, use the trial form at
http://cs.earlham.edu/~jrogers/cgi-bin/URPC/urpcAbstractForm.cgi
This will let you see how it works and check your abstract for accuracy.
Remember to submit your abstract using the actual submission form once you are certain that you have it right.
Abstracts Guidelines:
Abstracted From: http://www.science.duq.edu/opportunities/2008PosterMakingSeminar.pdf
Abstracts:
- are expected to report the basic informational content of the poster
- are typically written in passive voice, past-tense
- must summarize the technical content of the poster and furnish sufficient information to allow the reader to judge whether he or she should consult the poster for all of the details
- must be self-contained and understandable apart from and without reference to the poster. It can be assumed that the reader is knowledgeable in the field, but special terminology, abbreviations, and jargon should be defined
- can include a brief statement of why the work was done, but it should not include background or other introductory material
- should answer any questions posed by the title
Sample Abstract:
Title (As on Form):
Authors and Faculty Supervisor (As on Form): Alex Graham, Rachel Stacy and Corinne C. Deibel*
Organization (As on Form): Department of Chemistry, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374
Abtract Body (As on Form):
Atrazine, a commonly used herbicide in the United States, is a suspected endocrine disrupter, inducing hermaphrodism and feminization in frogs. A new method was developed to determine the concentration of atrazine and three of its most common dealkylated metabolites, deethyl atrazine (DEA), deisopropyl atrazine (DIA), and didealkylated atrazine (DDA). Following solid-phase extraction, the herbicides were analyzed using an ion trap gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry system (GC-MS-MS). For all four analytes, ion trap MS/MS provided higher sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratios than standard MS methods, including Full Scan and Selective ion Monitoring modes. Excellent selectivity was obtained when methanol-Chemical Ionization (CI) was used in conjunction with Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM). MRM allows the analysis of partially resolved peaks by analyzing each of the coeluted analytes on alternate scans. Lower detection limits than had been reported previously in the literature were obtained: 2 ppb in extract for atrazine and DEA, 4.4 for DDA and 4.7 for DIA, which corresponds to respectively 4, 8.8 and 9.4 pg on column. This work was supported by the Earlham College Summer Science Research Fund and by a grant from Dr. Nathan Trueblood.
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